Theatre Review

Powerful Theatre: Box Explores Resilience, Slavery, and the Haitian Experience

Cecilia T. Capers | Posted 11.30.2011

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Cecilia T. Capers

I was so moved by a performance of Box, a new off-Broadway play, I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it. Days later, I am still inspired by the powerful themes and performances.

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Anna Deavere Smith, Human Tape-Recorder Extraordinaire

Erika Milvy | Posted 08.13.2011

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Erika Milvy

Smith's most significant accomplishment is in revealing the impact of the spontaneously spoken word. As she lets her subjects talk -- and think -- and hesitate -- and talk some more, what emerges is often quite magnificent.

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Theater Review: A 'Merchant' for Modern Times

Marc Porter Zasada | Posted 06.18.2011

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Marc Porter Zasada

If you hurry to the Broad Stage before April 24, you might just catch the best Merchant of your life -- The Merchant of Venice, that is, Shakespeare's tragi-comic masterpiece.

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